Bajrang Dal workers disrupt interfaith marriage in Uttar Pradesh

In another instance of vandalism in Uttar Pradesh, Bajrang Dal workers tried to attack Saddam,a 24 yr old labour contractor who had come to court to register marriage with Krishna, a 21 yr old Hindu girl from Noida. The police lathi charged the Bajrang Dal activists when they turned on the policemen protecting the couple.

According to the Faridabad police, Krishna who was second-year BA student at the K.L. Mehta Women’s College, became friends with Saddam three years ago when she was doing her B.Tech from an institute in Greater Noida. The two remained in touch even when she dropped out of her engineering course midway to go and live with her uncle, who is a head constable in Delhi.

“We would never let Muslim boys marry Hindu girls”

This is the second attack on inter-religious couples within four days after a similar incident occurred in Hapur in western U.P, where Sangh Parivar workers tried to assault an inter-religious married couple in a rented house.

The coordinator of the Bajrang Dal in western Uttar Pradesh, Balraj Dungar was furious with the police for “not cooperating” with his group. He accused the police of facilitating “love jihad”.

“We are proud that we did not let a Muslim boy manipulate a Hindu girl into marrying him. We would never let Muslim boys marry Hindu girls,” Mr. Dungar told the media.

The fact remains that the state in U.P since the ascendancy of the BJP under Yogi Adityanath is against inter-religion and inter-caste marriage. Love Jihad is their excuse and Violence is the weapon used against these couples who are all adults and have chosen marriage.